Hollywood East is a term for the multiple efforts to build film industry agglomerations on the East Coast of the United States. Recently, the term has been applied to the growing film industry in New England, particularly in Massachusetts and Connecticut, that served as home to the production of over 140 major motion pictures and television series between 2000 and 2013. It is a reference to Hollywood, California, the center of the American film industry, located on the west coast of the United States. The term as used in New England was popularized in the press in 2007 as film and television productions migrated to the east coast to take advantage of the region's scenery, culture, character, and tax incentives put in place by several state governments. History Orlando, Florida Hollywood East was a term originally used by local press in Orlando, Florida in anticipation of the opening of Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney's Hollywood Studios) in 1989 and Universal Studios Florida in 1990. While founded as production studios, they are now predominantly theme parks. Nickelodeon Studios operated within Universal Studios Florida from 1990 to 2005 and at one time employed 400 people, making it the largest production studio in Florida. The collapse of the Florida film industry has been attributed to multiple factors. Local talent was limited, and flying in cast and crew from out of state proved costly. Although a right-to-work state, Florida productions shot on film stock were regulated by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). IATSE organized a union strike at Nickelodeon Studios in 1997, which led Nickelodeon to move production of its scripted shows elsewhere. The 2012 bankruptcy of Digital Domain resulted in the closure of its tax-subsidized Florida studio. Americans for Prosperity then led a successful campaign to eliminate tax incentives for filming within the state in 2016. New England History of film in New England New England, specifically Boston, played a prominent role in the dawn of the film industry at the turn of the 20th century. After Thomas Edison's Vitascope projector was debuted in a commercial setting in New York City on April 23, 1896, it was soon thereafter debuted in Boston by Benjamin Franklin Keith on May 18, 1896 at Keith's theater on 547 Washington street. The technology received rave reviews from local media, with the Boston Herald writing, "The Vitascope is going to be the greatest drawing card of